Josef Felkl remembrance event



An Commemoration is to be held on 24 August 2013, at Deblín, Czech Republic.

in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the death

Josef Felkl

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner with 311 Sqn during WW2.

and his seven colleagues of the last flight of 311 Sqn Liberator BZ780.

A service will be held at St Mikuláš Church at 07:45 to 08:45, followed by the unveiling of a memorial plaque at his family home at 10:00. Meeting and discussion with WW2 veterans will take place ftom 14:00 to 15:00.

At 15:00 the launch of ‘Nad Biskají čeká smrt’ a book by Radek Makovský about this last flight, Captained by W/Cmdr Jindřich Breitcetl and his crew. The book includes biographies of the aircraft’s eight crew members.

An evenings program will follow at 19:00.




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